The Treebranching Chicks 1a

The Straw Chick:Beauty succumbs to the beast.

The chick picks up a few limp pieces of straw with which to
defend herself. Unlike her second sister, she has never taken martial arts.
But deep in her heart, she always knew that she would have a sad and
beautifully tragic death. If only the world had known of her creative
genius.

With a swipe of the paw the cat scoops her tiny body up and
stuffs it down his gullet. But moments before her death, she gasps out one
last sweet note.

After her death her spirit floats up beside you and asks, "Why the hell, did you have me defend myself?"